Matrix-setting and line-casting machine.



' H. DBGENER.

MATRIX SETTING AND LINE CASTING MACHINE.

APPLIOATION FILED APR. 19, 1910. v

Patented Oct. 21, 1913.

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MATRIX SETTING AND LINE CASTING MACHINE.

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UETED- STAT ATENT FFEQEO HEINRICH DEGENER, or Banin, GERMANY, Assrenon T0 ivmnenn'rnatna LING- TYPE COMPANY, a ooaroaariou or new roan.

MATRIX-SETTING AND LINE-CASTING MACHINE.

Specification ofLettersPatent.

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Application. filed April 19, 1910. Serial- No, 556,441,

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HEINRIGH DEGENER, a resident of 26 Hollmannstrasse, Berlin, German Empire, manager, having invented certain new and useful Improvements in or Relating to Matrix-Setting and Line-Casting Machines, do hereby declare that the following is an exact specification of the same.

This invention relates to improvements in matrix setting and line casting machines of the linotype system, in which matrices are set into lines, whereupon metal. castings in the shape of lines are prepared from the said matrix lines, and the castings in question are used direct for printing.

The improvements relate to a device for exchanging the magazines.

It is true that devices are already known,

in which the magazine is carried by a frame which, when the magazine is being removed, can be raised, so. that the magazine can slide down on the same and becomes suspended in front'of the machine above the keyboard on the hook-shaped ends of the hoisting device. Devices are also known, in which the magazine can be drawn out at the side and folded down. While the first device has the disadvantage that the magazine above the keyboard has to be handled by the compositor, so that it can be easily damaged, in the construction with the magazine folded down and laterally withdrawn, it cannot be easily seized by the compositor and carried away from the machine. According to this invention, the disadvantages in question are obviated by turning the magazine, together with the frame carrying the same to an angle of 90 whereupon the magazine can slide down the frame and become suspended to the projections of the same. As there are no constructional parts that can be damaged at the side, the compositor need not exercise great care.

lhe accompanying drawings show by way of example the object of the invention, namely- Figure 1 shows the magazine on the machine frame in the position ready for use,

porting frame 5.

Fig. 2 after the raising of the frame, Fig. 3 after the frame has been turned to an angle of 90, Fig. 4 after the magazine has been lowered into the suspended position to be removed, and Figs. 5 and 6 show in plan and in side elevation the locking device for keeping the magazine in the upper position.

The magazine 4 is mounted on the sup- The frame 5 is vertically guided in the construction illustrated, by a guide pin 7 fixed on the frame and engaging with a suitable bearing 8, and by a fork 13 surrounding the known spindle 23. Below the supporting frame is mounted a rotatable spindle 10 provided with two arms 11 11 engaging under the frame, The spindle 10 is further provided with an arm 12 which is connected by a rod 20 to one arm of a double armed lever 21. The second arm 22 of the said lever is formed into a handle. If the handle 22 is turned from the position shown in Fig. 1, into that shown in Fig. 2, the spindle 10 will be turned, and the whole frame with the guide pin 7 and the fork 13 raised. While the pin Y, having a sufficient length remains in its bearing, the fork is so constructed that, in the upper position, it releases the spindle 23, so that the frame is only supported by the pin 7, and the whole frame can then be turned with the pin, rotating in its bearing. Fig. 3 shows the position of the frame and of the magazine rotated to an angle of 90. in place of the fork of course a second pin could be used, the bearing of which must then be formed in such manner that when the frame is in the raised position it should release the pin so as to enable the frame to rotate about the pin 7.

In order to keep the magazine in the upper position, there is arranged a locking device shown separately in Figs. 5 and 6. The pin 7 is provided with a collar 2% forming a stop during the upward movement. Below the bearing 8 is arranged a pawl 26 controlled by a spring 25 and engaging under the collar 24 when the magazine is in its up permost position, so that it holds it in that position. In order to limit the movement of the pawl 26, the said pawl engages by means ration 31 (Fig. 6) of the pin 7.

In order to enable the magazines to be turned or swung from their original position into that shown in Fig. 4f, the lateral girder of the machine fr me supporting the magazine frame, situated on the left hand side, must be, as shown in Fig. 4, bent out at its upper portion 15, so as to enable the upper left hand corner of the magazine or of the frame to pass beyond it. In order to avoid excessive bending out, the magazine could be made to slide down forward a little before being turned, and then looked in that position in any desired manner. The magazine frame is provided at its lower end on both sides with hook shaped projections 17. The magazine can then be allowed to slide down on the frame, when thelatter is in the position shown in Fig. 8, on the outer side of the machine, when it will become suspended With its projections 18 in the hookshaped projections 17 of the frame 5, as shown in Fig. 4. e The magazine will then be removed outward so far as to preclude possibility of damage to the key board 1 and in that position the magazine can also be easily handled by the compositor and lifted over the hooks 17 The above description relates to the removal of the magazine at the side of the machine and after its frame has been swung to the appropriate position therefor. It will be obvious, however, that the magazine may when desired be removed at the front of the machine, instead of swinging the frame in the manner indicated. This alternative is advantageous sometimes, as, for instance, in the event that the machines are located so closely to one another upon the floor as to leave insufficient space between them to permit of the removal of the magazine at the side.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my invention and in which manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is:

1. In a typographical machine, the combination of an interchangeable magazine arranged to be removed from the machine in a position other than its normal position therein, and a support upon which said magazine is mounted to turn horizontally from it's normal position into its position of removal. I

2. In a typographical machine, the combination of an interchangeable inclined magazine arranged to be removed from the machine in a position other than its normal position therein, and a support upon which said magazine is mounted to turn about a vertical axis from its normal position into its position of removal. 3. In a typographical machine, the combination of an interchangeable magazine arranged to be removed from the machine in a position other than its normal position therein, and a support upon which the said magazine is mounted to turn from its normal position about an axis intersecting its plane into its position of removal.

4. In a typographical machine, the combination of an interchangeable inclined magazine arranged to be removed from the machine in a position other than its normal position therein and a supporting frame therefor, the said frame being movable laterally in a horizontal direction to shift the magazine edgewise from its normal 1nto its position of removal.

5. In a typographlcal machine, the composition bination of an interchangeable magazine arranged to be removed from the machine in a position other than its normal position therein, and a supporting frame therefor, the said frame being mounted to turn about an axis intersecting its plane so as to move the magazine from its normal position into its position of removal.

6. In a typographical machine, the combination of a removal magazine, a supporting frame therefor, and means for raising the frame to shift the'magazine from its .normal position, the said frame being arranged to be' moved horizontally in its raised position to locate the magazine in position for removal.

7. In a typographical machine, the combination of a removal magazine, a supporting frame therefor, and means for raising the frame to shift the magazine from' its normal position, the said frame being arranged to turn horizontally in its raised po-' sition tolocate the magazine in position for removal. e

8. In a typographical machine, the combination of a magazine mounted to turn laterally, means for elevating said magazine preparatory to its turning movement, and means for holding it in. elevated position while permitting its turning movement;

9. In a typographical machine, the'combination of a magazine movable laterally, means for elevating said magazine preparatory to such lateral movement, and means for preventing the lateral movement of the" magazine prior to its elevation.

10. In a typographical machine, the com bination of a magazme mounted to turn laterally, means for elevating said magazine preparatory to such turning movement, and normal position into its position of removal, 10 means for preventing the turning of the and means for locking the frame 1n its magazine prior to its elevation. turned position.

11. In a typographical machine, the com- In Witness whereof I have hereunder set bination of an interchangeable magazine remy hand in presence of tWo Witnesses. movable from the machine in a position HEINRICH DEGENER. other than its normal position therein, a Witnesses: supporting frame therefor mounted to turn HENRY HASPER, horizontally to shift the magazine from its VVOLDEMAR HAUPT.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0. 

